Ducks 2, Red Wings 1 (OT)

ANAHEIM -- Bobby Ryan scored on a penalty shot at the 2:50 mark of overtime to give the Ducks a dramatic 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night before 15,098 at Honda Center.

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The win allowed the Ducks (34-25-5) to leapfrog Minnesota, which lost to the New York Islanders, and pull within one point of the eighth and final playoff spot in the jam-packed Western Conference.

Ryan was awarded the penalty shot when he was hauled down by Red Wings defenseman Ruslan Salei, the former longtime Duck, on a breakaway after he got a long stretch pass from Ryan Getzlaf. The winger beat Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard on the glove side for his 30th goal of the season.

It was the first penalty shot and first overtime goal for Ryan, who now has hit the 30-goal mark in each of his three full NHL seasons.

Jason Blake forged a tie when he got a drop pass from Teemu Selanne and used Salei as a screen to rip a snap shot past Howard on the stick side at 1:54 of the third period.

The Ducks kept Detroit at bay with a strong performance, particularly with their penalty-killing unit as they erased eight of the Red Wings' nine power-play chances. One of them came in overtime as a bench minor for too many men gave Detroit 1:48 of 4-on-3 play to start the extra session.

Dan Ellis stopped 28 shots for his second win in three starts with the Ducks. Howard made 26 saves.

Pavel Datsyuk ended a scoreless tie at 5:10 of the second period when he banked in a bad-angle shot off the back of Ellis' leg pad after the goalie made a stop on Nicklas Lidstrom.

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